A daredevil e-bike rider was sent sprawling after crashing in a busy city tunnel while trying to cross a raised lane divider to reach a blocked exit ramp.
Sisters Kobi Klyde and Amy Macintosh filmed the rider – who was not wearing a helmet – inside the Eastern Distributor in Sydney around 9.30pm on Saturday.
The man, dressed in a light pink shirt and light gray pants, was traveling in the left lane, heading south towards Sydney Airport.
Perplexed by the bizarre sight, Ms Macintosh began filming the man riding the electric bike with her phone.
‘What are you doing brother?’ she asked.
The man then crashed into the lane divider seconds later as he attempted to jump into the left lane towards the Bondi and Randwick exit.
The man then fell off the white and green Uber-backed Lime rental bike and landed heavily on the road.
A helmet which appeared to have been in a basket in front of the bike was seen flying away as Ms Klyde and Ms Macintosh screamed in shock.
An e-cyclist who was filmed riding his bike inside the Eastern Distributor Tunnel (pictured) in Sydney on Saturday night, crashed after trying to cross a marked lane divider.
Moments earlier, the man was seen changing lanes several times inside the tunnel.
Ms Klyde, 26, said the man was briefly blocking traffic in the southbound lanes as he pedaled his bike.
“I was very shocked that he was in the tunnel because I knew it was illegal,” Ms Clyde told the Sydney Morning Herald.
Cycling on highways and through toll tunnels is illegal in NSW and offenders face a maximum fine of $2,200.
A Transurban spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia it was aware of the incident after being informed the passenger had entered the tunnel.
“After locating the cyclist, we closed one lane and dispatched our incident response personnel to assist. The cyclist was able to exit the tunnel before our team arrived,” the spokesperson said.
Last year a food delivery man was caught on CCTV footage riding his bike on the M8 motorway as cars and lorries passed by.
He then abruptly stopped traffic as he crossed several lanes to reach another part of the tunnel towards an exit.
Another cyclist was also caught riding in the M4 tunnel, after an incident response team saw the man riding his bike on the wrong side of the road, against the flow of traffic. traffic.
More than 120 cyclists took to Sydney’s highways and tunnels between January and July last year.
The East distributor was the most used by cyclists and 11 have been spotted there since January, most of them food delivery drivers.
A Transport for NSW spokesperson told the Daily Mail several measures were in place, including signage, which asks cyclists not to enter tunnels and highways.
“Most tunnels are not designed for bicycle use and are high-speed vehicle thoroughfares that do not have infrastructure or provisions in place for cyclists or pedestrians,” the spokesperson said. -speech.
“Cyclists who use the tunnels illegally put themselves and others at risk of serious injury or even death.”
Cyclists are not allowed to cycle on highways (photos) or tunnels in NSW and will face fines for committing the offence.